If You’ve Had the Same Hair Style For More Than 8 to 10 years . . . Change it!

You found your absolute BEST hair style ever, and you made up your mind, you will never change hair styles again. I venture to say it happens to a lot of us. But too much of a good thing with a hairstyle can work against you. If you look in the mirror and your hair style hasn’t changed for the last, oh, say, 8 to 10 years, you’re probably stuck in a hairstyle rut.Time slips by, you haven’t thought twice about your hairstyle because last time you looked, you had found it, the BEST hairstyle for you!

Then, one day you go to your class reunion and a fellow classmate says, “ You haven’t changed.” You say, “Well, thank you, I try to exercise and watch what I eat.” But, then it hits you . . . you haven’t changed! You are wearing the same hair style, or nearly the same hair style, you wore in high school.

I know you’re out there. I see you every week in my class “Finding the Right Hairstyle for You!”

So how do you take the leap then you say? It’s second nature to you now and you know how to do a quick styling and get out of the house in 15 minutes in the morning. Then there is the woman who says, “I have to keep my hair style this way, so I can put it up”. Now don’t get me wrong, I like being able to put my hair up for a change too, but a change does not have to mean a high maintenance.

Make little changes more often. A little change goes a long way in a new style and it’s clearly not so scary to do. A small change of how it’s layered can make the difference of a FASHIONABLE vs. an AGING or DATED look. Which will you choose? Then, don’t forget to ask your hairdresser to walk you through how they are styling your new hairdo or you will most likely go home and get it to look like your old look in no time. Do you need to use a new hair care product?

It may be helpful to remember, also, that if you make a small change, it grows back quickly. Barbers use to have a saying, “Do you know the difference of a good haircut from a bad haircut? . . . Two weeks!”

Well if it’s a small change each session — that’s true!

Check out this article for: Tips On How to Make a Hair Change Without Tears

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Face Shape

Round Face Shape or Beautiful Skin? Don’t Hide it

Does this sound familiar? Do you remember hearing those words from a very young age?

I heard it from my mom often when my sisters and I were growing up. About the same time the nuns were measuring our bangs to be sure they were not touching the eyebrows, they were also measuring our skirts to ensure the hem would touch the floor when kneeling. It seemed to me to be too many rules on such minor details.

Who cared if your bangs touched your eyebrows? Was it the end of the world if they were a bit longer and anyway, it was a much cooler look than to wear the high-waters look, and God forbid, show a bit of forehead . . . yikes!

“Get the Hair off of a Round Face Shape“

Well, these words come back to haunt me often these days. Only after years of being a hairdresser and helping women to “find the right hairstyle” have I had to admit that both my mom and the nuns knew something I didn’t. That is, we all look better with a hair style that is off our face shape. (If not the bangs pulled back, then at least some ears showing.) Especially if you have a round face shape.

Just today, I did a makeover on a woman who sent me three pictures of herself. Well, all three pics she sent had hair on her round face shape. They were the same except one she took her glasses off. Go figure! What gives? And she was in a hurry to get her makeover back. After reading the profile she sent me it was evident she was in a bad time in her life; recent divorce, job uncertainty and she mentioned low self-esteem.

It’s hard for a lot of women to pull their hair back and show their forehead. (We can feel so exposed – like everyone can see into our soul or a bit closer than we would like.) In every class I teach, the women need to put a headband on, pull back their bangs and get the hair off their face shape, for me to do take a photo for the makeover. The majority of them cringe when doing it and can’t wait to take off the headband. The irony of this is, a good majority of them look better with a hair style that is off the face shape.

By pulling hair off our face shape, we see more distinction of the person. So I guess it is an unveiling of who we are. You appear more confident and that you have nothing to hide. I think more inner beauty shows through. Check out these celebrity transformations, and see which way you think they look better. Insight magazines celebrity transitions.

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Hair Styling Brigade???

As a hairdresser, I am especially aware of the inference of the job as one of being frivolous or lacking in importance. I came across an article the other day that confirmed to me what we in the business intuitively know and understand. That is, how the importance of a hairdresser can create well-being in others.

In this article, I found it easy to feel affirmed of the importance of the job of a hairdresser, and of those who have chosen to do pedicures, manicures or massages as a way of making a living.

In this tiny shop in Kuwait, the women found it “easy to forget the harshness of a desert deployment and great to get spoiled.” “This is the best thing the Army could have put here, said Sgt.1st class Julie Scott. “It brings back what some of us are used to back at home.” Sgt. Charles Jackson agreed, saying,“With more and more men, especially in the States, starting to pay attention to how their hands and feet look, the beauty shop won’t be able to serve all its customers soon.”

If I were a member of the top brass at the Pentagon, I would put together the “Mobile Mash Spa Battalion.” The sole purpose of this battalion would be to move from war zone battlefield to battlefield much the same as Bob Hope did with the USO tours.

This could be a mobile facility with a tent structure much like we saw in the movie MASH. This battalion would be staffed with beauticians, barbers, manicurists, pedicure experts, masseuse, reflexologists, etc. These people would be charged with the responsibility of boosting the morale of troops who have been in the field for extended lengths of time.

Can you imagine crawling out of a dirty foxhole after a month with mud caked in between your toes, sand and dirt coming out of every pore and going into the “Mobile Mash Spa?” How pampered would you feel getting a pedicure, manicure or massage, shampoo, haircut or shave after living in this type of environment? Why not give the men and women who serve, these little luxuries?

I think this could be a huge morale builder. I urge each one of you reading this to get in touch with your Congressman or Senator and insist that they establish the “Mobile Mash Spa Battalion.”

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